Anchorage Refugees: Cultivating Food and Belonging
A film by Jasmine Redgrave.
Residing on the traditional homelands of the Eklutna Dena’ina people, Anchorage, Alaska is considered a Gateway to America’s Arctic. With over 100 languages spoken in the Anchorage School District, it is home to some of the most neighborhoods and schools in the United States. Over the last thirty years, international refugees have fled their home countries and relocated to Anchorage, where they have made a new home for themselves. This film explores the role that growing food and community-building has played in the resettlement process for Alaska refugees, past and present.
This film was created at See Stories’ Professional Development Retreat for Educators in Homer Alaska, June 2024 as part of the Digital Storytelling as a Culturally Responsive Teaching Tool course.
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Land Acknowledgement
This video was filmed on Dena'ina Land. Learn more about land acknowledgements at native-land.ca.